Pages

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

My very important Christmas role

So here I am cheering up Human Grandad (HGD).

He had been feeling a bit down. You see, while Human Granny (HGY) is now so clever on the computer that she no longer even needs me to supervise...
...HGD finds anything modern terribly confusing, and that upsets him and makes him anxious.

So anyway, I asked him about some of the interesting things he had done in the past, and suddenly he relaxed. I found out that of course HGD still knows lots of good stuff. Gail only had to prompt him a few times when he couldn't remember the words. He told me about how to fly a Mosquito across the North Sea to Norway, to fire rockets on German shipping (a valuable skill in 1944!) He also told me how to discover new and useful substances. (When HGD was a research scientist in the 1950s he apparently patented a chemical for dipping sheep in to prevent disease.)

Well now, all this morale boosting is important but tiring work.

OK, that's enough break time. HGD needs me again. I have to go.

Well I have lots more I could be telling you, like about yesterday's visit from my poodle cousin Izzy (she of the lovely pom-pom tail, for those of you with long memories) and her new brother, Percy 'Fat Boy' poodle.
Gail says I was "surprisingly well-behaved" during their visit. A back-handed compliment if ever I heard one.

Oh, if only there were more time. I have been so missing my blogging pals.

HGD sounds like a very clever gentleman and I can understand his anxiety on the computer- can be very annoying things! My Mum is often shouting at hers! Looks like you did a good job! And lucky you spending the day with that very attractive poodle!!!!!;) from Alfie

We went to visit my Brother and his wife. They don't care for inside dogs, so we had to stay in the garage (myself and another dog named Coco). It wasn't bad, a nice bed for us, some heat on, and the beer is kept in our area, so all days long, we had visitors, we got walked and Coco and I got along great!

Speaking of computer like things, my Mom got an e-reader for Christmas and she is having a hard time setting it up. I have heard some choice words here this AM.

That is a wonderful thing that you did for HGD Bertie. Being listened to, without interuptions, is a special gift, and in the process it sounds like you found out alsorts of interesting things about HGD.

Woofs,Riley

PS My mum would trade some of the things he's done for using a computer any day.

Hi Bertie, oh if only we could get your Grandad and my Poppa together they would never stop talking. My Poppa was a Navigator in the RAAF and loves planes. I'm sure they would have a great chat.

Your poodle cousins are very amazing. Do you call Percy "Fat Boy" or just Percy? Of course you would have been well behaved. You didn't want to miss any treats did you. Take care. No worries, and love, Stella and Rory

What a wonderful Christmas! Wish we could get your HGD and Stella & Rory's granddad and our granddad together to tell war stories; our granddad was also a WWII pilot, in North Africa, then Italy and Yugoslavia. One of his jobs was landing in Yugoslavian corn fields behind German lines and picking up downed American pilots who had been rescued by Tito's partisans. They truly are the Greatest Generation.

Poor Percy; with a name like that, he may prefer being called Fat Boy.

DARLING BOY!!! here we are late as always(really lets just call it the way it is IT IS ALL HER FAULT) enough said.... We wish you a happy new year. You look like you are a big help to HGD. PL2 said maybe HGD knew our HGD who was also a research scientist at the same time in London.That would be cool........ Would that make us related( well really we have been through that haven't we, we are all sort of related) Archie is working hard on his smell o vision and making joke books, I have been busy tidying around the house and stalking cats and stuff outside( well if I don't who will?)Happy New Year dearl pal All of our love the A team

Your HGD is lucky to have tyou to help him with the remembering. We've been away for a few weeks so we've missed some of your posts - but now we're caught up and hope our Mom will keep us caught up (we heard her making some sort of resolution... but we've heard that noise before).

Lots of wirey love and best wishes for a Happy New Year to you and Gail and HGD and HGM!!!

Bertie dear boy. What a smashing post! A real treat to put my mince pies ( did you get to swipe one of them proper tasty ones while the humans were busy?)on you in your role as therapy dog.

Got to bark it Bertie, I'm proper proud of you for doing a grand job. If HGD, HGM and Gail had tails they would of been wagging 'em too.

And those other sort of talesd of HGD's sound well wicked, like something from a Boy's Own adventure annual eh? Pick up any tips? Pass 'em on.... And next time I pass one of those little Sunday Lunches I'm going to tell him he's got a lot to thank HGD for.

Hi Bertie, looks like you did a great job cheering up grandad I knew you would, who dosen't smile when they meet a terrier, ok maybe Gails friend Mr Meldrew dosen't :)Anyways how did Hogmanay go I know its a big thing in Scotland, hope Gail's not to hung over.Happy New Year to you and Gail.Love and Hugs George and Tess xxx

About Me

Hi, I'm Bertie, a wire-haired fox terrier pup. I live with Gail in Aberdeen, Scotland. An old Westie called Hamish used to live here but he died on 18th February 2010 (exactly the same day I was born). People tell me that he used to have a blog and that I have big pawprints to fill. That's a bit too much responsibility for a very young puppy - and anyway, I intend to make my own mark!
(Gail says that Hamish could certainly have taught me a thing or two about marking stuff....)